Making the most of Brent's Library Space

One of the reasons people were resistent to the Brent Libraries Transformation Project was the perception that one Library is much the same as another, so a reduction in numbers must make things worse.  This is not really true.  We can see from the dramatically different footfall of the bigger libraries that some are a lot more attractive than others.

We also know that we are already making much better use of our libraries as a result of our libraries being open seven days a week.  It is less appreciated that we have managed to redesign our libraries to make them more effective.  After refurbishment, Ealing Road library has five new PCs, and ten more study spaces.  The Town Hall Library also has five new PCs and ten extra study spaces.  Harlesden Library has been reconfigured to give an extra seven study spaces.  Thus, we have an extra ten PCs and 27 study spaces from the same buildings.  The longer opening hours at these three libraries also mean that these resources spend less time standing idle.